Dan Secatore

Boston

Managing Editor at Over the Monster

Writing things, sometimes. Managing editor @overthemonster, formerly The Infatuation, @BarackObama

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May 2025 was a brutal month for the Boston Red Sox

4 days ago | overthemonster.com | Dan Secatore |Maura McGurk |Mike Carlucci |Jake Reiser

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images Describe May 2025 in five words or less. Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Excruciating. — Maura McGurkPain. — Mike CarlucciFrustrating beyond belief. — Jake ReiserImmensely infuriating idiocy!— Matthew Gross No, I’m all set. — Dean RousselWho was your favorite Red Sox player in May? Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Can it be anyone other than Rafael Devers??? — Mike CarlucciCarlos Narváez.
Red Sox News & Links: Kristian Campbell won’t play first base after all

4 days ago | overthemonster.com | Dan Secatore

Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images So I guess we can forget about that whole “Kristian Campbell is going to play first thing.” The series against the Braves came and went without Campbell donning a first baseman’s mitt last weekend, after which Romy Gonzalez was activated from the IL and immediately placed into the starting lineup. Campbell will continue to work out at first, but is now being considered only as an emergency option.
Red Sox News & Links: Justin Slaten heads to IL with shoulder injury

5 days ago | overthemonster.com | Dan Secatore

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images The Red Sox bullpen is overworked as it is, with the Boston relief corps currently leading all of baseball in innings pitched. And now that corps will lose one of its most effective arms, at least for a bit. Justin Slaten has been put on the IL, retroactive to Thursday, after experiencing some inflammation in the arm. Right now the Sox are just calling it fatigue and an MRI is not yet deemed necessary.
Red Sox News & Links: Alex Cora not worried about job security

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Dan Secatore

Photo by Paul Rutherford/Getty Images Trevor Story is mired in one of the worst slumps in Red Sox history, as one of just six Red Sox players ever to post an OPS below .360 over at least 90 plate appearances in a span 31 days. (Yes, that is one convoluted stat. Feel free to just say he’s been bad.) But Story is remaining positive and says he “feels like [he’s] getting towards” being back on the right track. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)What about Kristian Campbell’s slump?
OTM Open Thread 5/30: Stop the streak

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Dan Secatore

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Good morning! The Red Sox have lost five games in a row, which, you know, sucks. But baseball gives you plenty of opportunities to turn things around. For the Sox, that starts tonight in Atlanta, where they will take on the Atlanta Braves. The Braves are sort of like the NL version of the Sox, in the sense they are also struggling after entering the season with high hopes. Who will win the battle of the underachievers?
Red Sox Reacts Survey: Who would you trade to make room for Roman Anthony?

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Dan Secatore

Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Boston Red Sox fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Ignore the blather about Roman Anthony “needing to work on offspeed pitches in the zone.” He is ready for the big leagues today, and the Red Sox sure could use him.
Red Sox News & Links: Kristian Campbell to play first base against Braves this weekend

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Dan Secatore

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images Man, I can’t imagine what is going through Kristian Campbell’s head right now. He is playing worse than he ever has in his entire life (Baseball Reference doesn’t have his little league stats, but I’m confident that a future Major Leaguer didn’t put up a .335 OPS for an entire month when he was 12).
Good God, even Bill Simmons has an opinion on the Red Sox’ handling of Roman Anthony

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Dan Secatore

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images In merely mentioning Bill Simmons, I am inviting the internet to start yelling underneath my browser window. He has become a vector for whatever you want to say about the sports media, the regular media, podcasting, nepotism, labor relations, contemporary liberalism, navel-gazing, blogging, or Gen X white maleness. There have been thousands of words written about him on all of those topics.
Red Sox News & Links: What’s next in the wake of the Alex Bregman injury?

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Dan Secatore

Photo by Paul Rutherford/Getty Images So Marcelo Mayer’s debut didn’t quite the way he would have liked, going 0-4 with three strikeouts. But it was a memorable day nonetheless, featuring a standing ovation, a new position, and a scramble to find car keys he’d lost several weeks before. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)Mayer was in Boston, of course, because Alex Bregman’s injury is worse than expected.
Red Sox News & Links: What’s next in the wake of the Alex Bregman injury?

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Dan Secatore

So Marcelo Mayer’s debut didn’t quite the way he would have liked, going 0-4 with three strikeouts. But it was a memorable day nonetheless, featuring a standing ovation, a new position, and a scramble to find car keys he’d lost several weeks before. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)Mayer was in Boston, of course, because Alex Bregman’s injury is worse than expected.